29 Nov

What is a performance without the players? The buildings, the people, the vehicles, the rivers; these are the performers and the city is the stage. We see them every day. We watch, we observe, we laugh, we cry. The city can put on a pretty good show at times. But what is happening behind the scenes?

Someone is getting the stage ready. Someone is cleaning a storefront because the previous night’s rain has left watermarks. Someone is sweeping trash up off of the street as the garbage truck follows. Someone is mowing the grass to an even-edged perfection. They set the stage so the players will look even better as they go about their performance. Without them the show would surely end up in ruins. But the stage setters are never actually featured. With a role as important as the one they play, don’t you think they ought to be every once in a while?